Jehovah's Witnesses

"Jehovah's Witnesses" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Members of a religious denomination founded in the United States during the late 19th century in which active evangelism is practiced, the imminent approach of the millennium is preached, and war and organized government authority in matters of conscience are strongly opposed (from American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th ed). Jehovah's Witnesses generally refuse blood transfusions and other blood-based treatments based on religious belief.

Descriptor ID	D033221
MeSH Number(s)	K01.844.188.573 M01.352
Concept/Terms	Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah Witnesses Jehovahs Witnesses Witnesses, Jehovah's Watchtower Bible and Tract Society

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Humanities [K]
Humanities [K01]
Religion [K01.844]
Christianity [K01.844.188]
Jehovah's Witnesses [K01.844.188.573]
Named Groups [M]
Persons [M01]
Jehovah's Witnesses [M01.352]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2004	3	0	3
2005	3	1	4
2006	0	1	1
2011	1	0	1
2015	1	0	1
2017	0	1	1
2019	1	0	1
2021	1	0	1

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Mottla JL, Murphy JP, Keeling LE, Verstraete R, Zawadsky MW. Role of arthroplasty in the Jehovah's Witness population. Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol. 2021 Aug; 31(6):1097-1104.

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DeAnda A, Balsam LB. Commentary: Extending into zone 0 with a little help. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 06; 157(6):e309-e310.

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Davis JM, El-Haj N, Shah NN, Schwartz G, Block M, Wall J, Tidswell M, DiNino E. Use of the blood substitute HBOC-201 in critically ill patients during sickle crisis: a three-case series. Transfusion. 2018 01; 58(1):132-137.

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DeAnda A, Balsam LB. The patient-centric toolbox. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015 Nov; 150(5):e67-8.

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Shander A, Javidroozi M, Naqvi S, Aregbeyen O, Caylan M, Demir S, Juhl A. An update on mortality and morbidity in patients with very low postoperative hemoglobin levels who decline blood transfusion (CME). Transfusion. 2014 Oct; 54(10 Pt 2):2688-95; quiz 2687.

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Fitzgerald MC, Chan JY, Ross AW, Liew SM, Butt WW, Baguley D, Salem HH, Russ MK, Deasy C, Martin KE, Mathew JK, Rosenfeld JV. A synthetic haemoglobin-based oxygen carrier and the reversal of cardiac hypoxia secondary to severe anaemia following trauma. Med J Aust. 2011 May 02; 194(9):471-3.

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Moraca RJ, Wanamaker KM, Bailey SH, McGregor WE, Benckart DH, Maher TD, Magovern GJ. Strategies and outcomes of cardiac surgery in Jehovah's Witnesses. J Card Surg. 2011 Mar; 26(2):135-43.

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Jabbour N, Gagandeep S, Shah H, Mateo R, Stapfer M, Genyk Y, Sher L, Zwierzchoniewska M, Selby R, Zeger G. Impact of a transfusion-free program on non-Jehovah's Witness patients undergoing liver transplantation. Arch Surg. 2006 Sep; 141(9):913-7.

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Jabbour N, Gagandeep S, Mateo R, Sher L, Genyk Y, Selby R. Transfusion free surgery: single institution experience of 27 consecutive liver transplants in Jehovah's Witnesses. J Am Coll Surg. 2005 Sep; 201(3):412-7.

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Jabbour N, Gagandeep S, Bramstedt KA, Brenner M, Mateo R, Selby R, Genyk Y. To do or not to do living donor hepatectomy in Jehovah's Witnesses: single institution experience of the first 13 resections. Am J Transplant. 2005 May; 5(5):1141-5.

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